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Gillside Farm
Glenridding
(lake District)
Penrith
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA11 0QQ
Tel: 017684 82346
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Open: 01/03/2024 to 31/10/2024
01/03/2025 to 31/10/2025
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 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 No Golf |
 Tennis <1 mile |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <1 mile |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Sufsup2 |
2 reviews from this member |
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 This is a fantastic relaxed family campsite. It is a working farm, the owners are very friendly and helpful.
No club house or swimming pool or rules that you find on other sites. Just a good well run campsite with natures wonders to keep the kids active and you relaxed.
Facilities are good clean and basic. Although you pay 20p for showers they have plenty of hot water
Excellent location next to a stream - kids loved it.
The village of Glenridding has 3 pubs and a few general dealer shops
The site is a good location if you want to relax. 
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| Date of Visit: April 2012 |
Unit: Static |
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| Reviewer: Camperholic |
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We booked a caravan and were delighted to find it was brand new and 3 bedroomed. As we had invited some of the family for the week-end it was better than ideal. The greeting was great as was our stay.
The site is part of a working farm and we were always made welcome when we went to the lambing shed.
The walks in the area are excellent and we felt very comfortable and have already booked again for next year.
The facilities are more than adequate for the campers and the caravanners.
A beautiful area of the Lake District with the Travellers Rest pub five minutes away with good ale and value for money meals.
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| Date of Visit: March 2012 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Mr millstone |
4 reviews from this member |
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Stayed here as a solo camper backpacking, it fitted my needs perfectly though is a little pricey for a solitary camper with no car.
Location is excellent, surrounded by the fells with many walks possible straight from the site including Helvellyn via Striding Edge. It's quiet with no traffic noise, just the sound of the stream at night. The toilet/shower block is quite basic but clean and functional and only 20p for a shower, and the welcome at the farm house was friendly.
I can imagine the lower part of the site could get wet in bad weather, while the higher areas are quite sloping but neither were a problem on my visit.
The Travellers Rest pub is a short walk away with local ales and good food, the nearby village has shops and hotel bars.
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| Date of Visit: October 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Welsh173 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Visited this site with friends and had a great weekend.
Greeted by the owners and advised as to what was what. This site can be best described as a functional no nonsense site ideally located in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The walks are, as expected, too numerous to mention and literally on your doorstep. The surrounding mountains and peaks are dramatic and enclose the campsite. The facilities are clean and practical.
The nearby pubs and shops are well catered for the tourist and as most Lake district pubs they make dogs very welcome.
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| Date of Visit: October 2011 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Rohfer |
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Best described as a functional site from a touring caravanning point of view.
The road through is rough and footpaths around are in need of some serious upgrading as there are numerous trip hazards particularly at night as lighting is poor and what there is casts shadows across walk ways.
The road floods and 'pools' water for you to dodge - not easy in the dark. Rain water needs 'managing' with a bit of drain channels or something. Would possibly benefit from some trees being felled near toilet block to let more sunlight into site.
Toilets are functional but clean.
Wasn't sure where the 'grey' waste drain was as none of the drains were easily accessible other than one outside the ladies toilets but that is not in a good position if it was the grey waste.
The surroundings were pleasant, very quiet and the owner welcoming. Great location for fell walking and would use again for short break for specific walks.
Would not use for long breaks due to poor footpaths/lighting but if these were upgraded would be happy to stay for longer. I'm surprised the static caravan owners put up with it.
Nearest pub about 5 mins on foot with good food. Village pleasant and access to lake steamers.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Beck246 |
4 reviews from this member |
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This was our first visit to Gillside and will not be our last. Friendly owners on arrival bode well. There is a mixture of flat pitches and hillside pitches - the hillside pitches are tricky in wet weather though.
Toilet and shower facilities are clean and showers are hot. The washing up facilities always had hot water to clean your pots and pans whatever the time.
The views from the campsite are outstanding and it is a short walk into Glenridding itself. There are no playgrounds for children but as we were out all day exploring the lakes and peaks this was not an issue for our kids.
The pubs are welcoming and friendly.
There is a breakfast van and prices seemed reasonable although we cooked our own breakfasts. This is an area of outstanding beauty.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: DaveG23 |
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Access to this site with a caravan is not for the faint hearted (the back of the van had an altercation with a dry stone wall on the way in) but, once in, the pitches are hard standing terraced onto the slope or under trees beside the stream.
Not a glamorous site but the location is excellent (particularly if you are a walker) and the facilities are clean and adequate with 20p for a shower not exorbitant as it deterred lengthy occupation of them (two showers in each of the male/female blocks).
As there are statics on the site, they used the laundry facilities meaning that it was a job to get access to washer/dryer at times.
The weather was pretty awful while we were there but, being the lake district, it is rather expected. There are pleny of places to go in the rain and with the lake at the end of the road, you could catch the ferry boat easily.
The pub just down the road (forgotten the name) was very popular and did a good meal.
I would recommend this site as long as your expectations are not for luxury or glamour.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Wellera |
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Have camped at this site twice now. The toilet blocks are clean, but could do with up dating.
The site is on sloping ground that and is rocky. The lower part of the site is prone to flooding, in the rain so it's best to camp on higher areas if the weather looks like it will be wet.
The site is idea for walking striding edge etc but is slightly more expensive than other sites in the area, also there are no freezer / microwave / laundry facilities.
The showers cost 20p but do last a long while. Handy Cafe open at weekends only.
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Lucyjane81 |
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Great site. Arrived midday on Friday for a long weekend and had no problem getting on the site. All the flat areas were more or less taken though unless we pitched close to another tent which we didn't really want to do so we ended up at the top of the hill overlooking all the rest of the campers which was fine, although it felt a bit like being on a stage at times. The hill made cooking slightly difficult and we woke up having slid down the tent most mornings but apart from that it was ok.
Basic shower block but always clean and the 20p lasted more than enough to wash hair and body with time to just relax under the shower. I was also impressed that despite being busy they were always very well stocked with loo roll.
Local area was convenient but nearest pub very busy on sunny days. We found a lovely pub which is signposted on the way to Penrith called the Kings Arms, the food was amazing and not too badly priced in comparison to other pubs around the area.
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Thetwowalkers |
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This site is beautifully situated above the beck at Glenridding. The views over the valley are stunning.
We went with friends for a long weekend and the site was busy. We managed to get on the ledge at the top overlooking the site.
This is a basic site but is just a short walk to Glenridding which has a small shop and pub. It's right next to the trail up to Helvellyn and my favourite walk along Striding Edge (not for the faint hearted). You can also hire sailing boats from The Spit just in the village. Ullswatet is a superb place for sailing and not too expensive for the day.
The toilet block is old but very clean and freshly painted. Plenty of hot water but really wish the showers were included as always have to keep some 20p's. Saying that, there were not too many queues.
Would definitely recommend and we will be back as it really is in the best location.
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